Author: Dana Kobilinsky

August 12, 2019

Tourists get too close to wild mountain goats

Photos from Mount Evans, Colo. are raising controversy after showing crowds of tourists getting within several feet of wild mountain goats (Oreamnos americanus) and their kids. Colorado Parks and Wildlife...

August 9, 2019

TWS chapter meetings in September

The Wildlife Society’s sections, chapters and working groups hold meetings and workshops throughout the year. The following meetings are currently scheduled in September: September 12-13: Georgia Chapter of The Wildlife...

August 9, 2019

Human presence creates fear response in predators

For large carnivores, humans are the primary predator. So do these species respond fearfully to humans the way prey normally does in the presence of predators? In a study published...

August 9, 2019

Maine’s puffins on pace for record year

Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) off the coast of Maine are on pace to set a record number of breeding pairs. National Audubon Society scientist Stephen Kress tells the Associated Press...

August 8, 2019

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announces grants for neotropical birds

Federal funds as well as matching partner funds from the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act will provide more than $20 to conservation projects, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently...

August 8, 2019

Minnesota Chapter to discuss 50 years of natural resources

The Minnesota Chapter of The Wildlife Society will host its annual summer workshop Thursday, August 29 at Cragun’s Resort in Brainerd, Minnesota. This year’s theme is: 50 years ago today...

August 8, 2019

Climate changes is shifting Bracken Cave bat migration

South Texas’s Bracken Cave is home to 15 million Mexican free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) — the world’s largest known bat colony — and their use of the cave is changing...

August 7, 2019

Court decision puts grizzly bears back on ESA list

Grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) in the Greater Yellowstone Area are formally back on the Endangered Species Act list after a court order was issued in September 2018. The U.S. Fish...

August 7, 2019

What’s killing bumblebees? It could be the trees

A search for the cause of massive bumblebee (Bombus spp.) deaths has reached some surprising conclusions. The culprit may not be humans. It may be the trees. “Not every dead...

August 7, 2019

Apply for Native Student Professional Development Program

The Native Student Professional Development Program provides Native American students with the opportunity to attend The Wildlife Society’s Annual Conference, the largest gathering of wildlife professionals in North America. Now...